Oxo wall
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The oxo wall is a term in inorganic chemistry which refers to a segregation between the early transition metals (groups 3 through ~8) and late transition metals (groups 9 through 12) in heir ability to form metal-oxygen multiple bonds. While the early ones form metal-oxo compounds easily, such as in the case of the vanadyl cation, VO+, the late transition metal-oxo complexes are virtually unknown.
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Further reading
- Subhasish Mukerjee, Kirsten Skogerson, Susan DeGala and John P. Caradonna (2000). "Skirting the oxo-wall: characterization and catalytic reactivity of binuclear Co2+/3+ 1,2-bis(2-hydroxybenzamido)benzene complexes with comparison to their isostructural Fe2+/3+ analogs. Implications of d-electron count on oxygen atom transfer catalysis". Inorganica Chimica Acta. 297: 313. doi:10.1016/S0020-1693(99)00431-4.
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